Non-refillable bottle.



G. JORGENSEN. NON-RBFILLABLE BOTTLE. APPLICATION FILED APR.15, 1911.

1,008,600. Patented Nov. 14,1911.

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NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 15, 1911.

Patented Nov. 14, 1911.

Serial No. 621,407. 1

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES JoRGENsnN, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNon-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in bottles and especially withreference to bottles provided with means to prevent them from beingrefilled, the object of my invention being to provide a cheap, simpleand effective bottle of this class, the invention consisting in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter describedand claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a sectional view of a portionof a bottle constructed in accordance with my invention, and providedwith my improved devices to prevent the bottle from being refilled; Fig.2 is a detail perspective view of the valve element; and Fig. 3 is asimilar view of the funnel sleeve in which the cork is placed.

In accordance with my invention, I provide a bottle 1, which may beotherwise of any suitable construct-ion, and which may be made of anysuitable material with a neck 2, the bore 3 of which is downwardlytapered. The mouth 4 of the bottle is provided wit-h an enlargement 5 inwhich is a chamber 6 which forms an enlargement of the upper port-ion ofthe neck bore 3. In the upper wall 7 of this chamber 6 is a clownwardlyopening annular groove 8. The mouth or entrance opening 9 of the bottleis at the upper side of the chamber 6, and is concentric with the boreof the neck.

An inverted hollow conical valve 10 operates in the chamber 6 and in thedownwardly tapered or contracted portion of the bore of the bottle neck.This valve is closed at its lower end and open at its upper end, and isprovided with a radial series of openings 11 which lead from the chamber12 within the said valve. This valve is preferably made of glass and isadapted to seat closely in the downwardly contracted portion of the boreof the bottle neck. The chamber 12 formed in the said valve element isof inverted conical shape. In practice the bottle is filled before thevalve 10 is placed in the neck thereof. I also provide in addition tothe valve 10, a sleeve 13 which may be made of any suitable materialwhich is adapted to fit in the mouth 9 of the bottle, has a bead orflange 1 1, to bear on the upper side of the mouth of the bottle, andalso has its lower portion 15 tapered downwardly as shown. Thisdownwardly tapered portion of the sleeve is provided with a series ofradially disposed inclined spring locking arms 16, which when the sleeveis placed in the mouth of the bottle snap into the groove 8, and therebylock the sleeve to the bottle so that neither the sleeve nor the valvecan be withdrawn. The cork or stopper 17 is placed in the sleeve. Whenthe cork has been withdrawn and the bottle tilted to pour the contentsthereof the valve 10 becomes unseated from the bore of the neck andengages the resilient arms 16' whereby the bottom of the chamber 12 isspaced from the lower end of the sleeve 18 so that the contents of thebottle can be poured from the bottle, through the openings 11 of thevalve and also through the bore of the sleeve. Any attempt to refill thebottle causes the valve 10 to become seated in the contracted portion ofthe bore of the neck so as to close the entrance to the bottle.

WVhile I have herein shown and described what I now consider a preferredembodiment of my invention I would have it understood that minor changesmay be made in the form, proportion and construction of the severalparts without departing from the spirit of my invention and within thescope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is The combinationwith a bottle having a tubular neck and a chamber formed in the upperend of the bore of the neck, said neck also having an exterior annularflange encircling the mouth thereof, of a substantially conical-shapedhollow valve member arranged in the lower smaller portion of the neckbore and longitudinally movable therein, and a sleeve arranged in themouth of the bottle and projecting into the chamber thereof, the upperend of said sleeve being turned over and closely engaging the flangearound the mouth of the bottle, said sleeve tapering at its lower endand extending into the upper end of said conical valve member, saidsleeve carrying resilient arms project- In testimony whereof I hereuntoaffix my ing radially therefrom and engaging with signature 1n thepresence of two Witnesses.

the upper Wall of the chamber of the neck to prevent Withdrawal of saidsleeve, said valve member, when the bottle is inverted, CHARLESJORGENSEN' being unseated and engaging said resilient Witnesses:

arms to space the inner end of said sleeve GEORGE S. BURNETT,

from the closed end of the valve member. J. H. LUND.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

